i think i just found my dream grad school
The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
It's a two-year, full time MA program that trains students in International Economics and International Relations, Development, or Area Studies, as well as foreign language.
Studying abroad while doing this program doesn't seem like an option [Oh yeah, there's the ( Read more... )
It's a two-year, full time MA program that trains students in International Economics and International Relations, Development, or Area Studies, as well as foreign language.
Studying abroad while doing this program doesn't seem like an option [Oh yeah, there's the ( Read more... )
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yes.
<3 emy.
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btw, i thought you gave up livejournal!
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From what I've seen, Berkeley is a giant, brick douchebag. They didn't treat Greg well at all despite being accepted with a merit fellowship and being appointed to his first choice research team. They don't return phone calls, don't pay a dime for campus visits and were generally rude to him in other ways, as well. They also treat their masters students like shit unless those students have verbally committed to their doctorate program, where all the money goes, anyway. Masters students have minimal funding at best.
But that's the science perspective, so maybe they treat politics students better. I just got the impression that it's a tremendously bureaucratic institution. Then again, you're used to UW, so maybe you won't mind/notice.
There's some gossip for you, next time you go to the womens' bathroom.
Keep on truckin', The Petey!
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If you're a Berkeley student, you're not interested in what the school has to offer--you're interested in what you can do within the limits of the school.
If you're a Berkeley student, you're perfectly aware of the fact that there will be no one there to hold your hand. The majority of the professors are too absorbed in their own research.
A Berkeley student changes an individual's personal opinion, he/she turns heads and makes their professor care about his/her personal research or work.
And that's perfectly fine with me.
Oh yeah, I find out in 10 days. w00t.
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That's part of the reason why I'm seriously interested in this Johns Hopkins program. It's small, private, and extremely specialized. The entire institution only offers about three different degrees, and has an incoming class of like 100 per year. But at the same time, they offer like ten different foreign languages, combined with the intensive foreign policy training. The fact that there's an entire school like this, in Washington D.C., exclusively devoted to the exact field I want to study, freaks me out, in a good way.
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I dunno, I still feel like a college kid, and I don't think I'll actually feel like an "adult" until I get a job and don't depend on my parents for money anymore. And I think I want to reach that stage in life before I go to grad school, anyway.
But the thing is, it's so hard to get a job with decent pay if you only have a BA. The Jackson School listserv thing forwards me e-mails all the time for full-time job openings and internships in the foreign relations field that pay in the low 20's, "depending on experience." Most say "at least two years of related experience preferred," and some even say "master's degree preferred." That's just not enough money to pay for grad school.
I really don't know what I'm going to do, or where I'm going to go when I graduate. Not a clue. Thank god I still have two more years at UW to figure it out...
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